Hunting regulation favors slow life histories in a large carnivore

Hunting and harvesting are generally expected to select for faster life histories in the exploited species. Here, the authors analyse data from a hunted population of brown bears in Sweden and show that regulations protecting females with dependent young lead hunting to favor prolonged maternal care...

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Main Authors: Joanie Van de Walle, Gabriel Pigeon, Andreas Zedrosser, Jon E. Swenson, Fanie Pelletier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03506-3